The Defenders of the Alamo
(Name and Place of Origin)
Juan Abamillo, of San Antonio, Texas
R. Allen, of unknown origin
Mills DeForrest Andross, of Vermont
Micajah Autry, of North Carolina
Juan A. Badillo, of San Antonio, Texas
Peter James Bailey, of Kentucky
Isaac G. Baker, of Arkansas.
William Charles M. Baker, of Missouri.
John J. Ballentine, of unknown origin
Richard W. Ballantine, of Scotland
John J. Baugh, of Virginia.
Joseph Bayliss, of Tennessee
John Blair, of Tennessee
Samuel C. Blair, of Tennessee
William Blazeby, of England
James Butler Bonham, of South Carolina.
Daniel Bourne, of England
James Bowie, of Tennessee
Jesse B. Bowman, of unknown origin.
George Brown, of England
James Brown, of Pennsylvania.
Robert Brown, of unknown origin.
James Buchanan, of Alabama
Samuel E. Burns, of Ireland
George D. Butler, of Missouri
Robert Campbell, of Tennessee
John Cane, of Pennsylvania
William R. Carey, of Virginia.
Charles Henry Clark, of Missouri.
M.B. Clark, of unknown origin
Daniel William Cloud, of Kentucky.
Robert E. Cochran, of New Jersey.
George Washington Cottle, of Tennessee
Henry Courtman, of Germany
Lemuel Crawford, of South Carolina
David Crockett, of Tennessee.
Robert Crossman, of Massachusetts.
David P. Cummings, of Pennsylvania
Robert Cunningham, of New York.
Jacob C. Darst, of Kentucky.
John Davis, of Kentucky.
Freeman H. K. Day, of unknown origin.
Jerry C. Day, of Missouri.
Squire Daymon, of Tennessee
William Dearduff, of Tennessee
Stephen Dennison, of England.
Charles Despallier, or Louisianna.
Almeron Dickinson, of Tennessee.
John H. Dillard, of Tennessee.
James R. Dimpkins, of England.
Lewis Duel, of New York.
Andrew Duvalt, of Ireland.
Carlos Espalier, of San Antonio, Texas.
Gregorio Esparza, of San Antonio, Texas.
Robert Evans, of Ireland.
Samuel B. Evans, of New York.
James L. Ewing, of Tennessee.
William Fahbaugh, of Alabama.
John Flanders, of Massachusetts.
Dolphin Ward Floyd, of North Carolina.
John Hubbard Forsyth, of New York.
Antonio Fuentes, of San Antonio, Texas
Galba Fuqua, of Alabama.
William H. Furtleroy, of Kentucky.
William Garnett, of Tennessee.
James W. Garrand, of Louisianna.
James Girard Garrett, of Tennessee.
John E. Garvin, of unknown origin.
John E. Gaston. of Kentucky.
James George, or unknown origin.
John Camp Goodrich, of Tennessee.
Albert Calvin Grimes, of Georgia
Jose Maria Guerrero, of Laredo, Texas.
James C. Gwynne, of England.
James Hannum, of unknown origin.
John Harris, of Kentucky.
Andrew Jackson Harrison, of unknown origin.
William B. Harrison, of Ohio
Charles M. Haskell (Heiskell), of Tennessee.
Joseph M. Hawkins, of Ireland.
John M. Hays, of Tennessee.
Patrick Henry Herndon, of Virginia.
William D. Hersee, of England.
Tapley Holland, of Ohio.
Samuel Holloway, of Pennsylvania.
William D. Howell, of Massachusetts.
Thomas Jackson, of Ireland.
William Daniel Jackson, of Ireland.
Green B. Jameson, of Kentucky.
Gordon C. Jennings, of Connecticutt.
Damacio Jimenes, of Texas.
Lewis Johnson, of Wales.
William Johnson, of Pennsylvania
John Jones, of New York.
Johnnie Kellog, of unknown origin.
James Kenney, of Virginia.
Andrew Kent, of Kentucky.
Joseph Kerr, of Louisianna.
George C. Kimball (Kimble), of New York.
William P. King, of unknown origin.
William Irvine Lewis, of Virginia.
William J. Lightfoot, of Virginia.
Jonalhan L. Lindley, of Illinois.
William Linn, of Massachusetts.
Jose Toribio Losoya, of San Antonio, Texas.
George Washington Main, of Virginia.
William T. Malone, of Virginia.
William Marshall, of Tennessee.
Albert Martin, of Rhode Island
Edward McCafferty, of unknown origin.
Jesse McCoy, of Tennessee.
William McDowell, of Pennsylvania.
James McGee, of Ireland.
John McGregor, of Scotland.
Robert McKinney, of Ireland.
Eliel Melton, of Georgia.
Thomas R. Miller, of Tennessee.
William Mills, of Tennessee.
Isaac Millsaps, of Mississippi.
Edward F. Mitchusson, of Virginia.
Edwin T. Mitchell, or unknown origin.
Napoleon B. Mitchell, or unknown origin.
Robert B. Moore, of Virginia.
William Moore, of Mississippi.
Robert Musselman, of Ohio
Andres Nava, of San Antonio, Texas.
George Neggan, of South Carolina
Andrew M. Nelson, of Tennessee.
Edward Nelson, of South Carolina.
George Nelson, of South Carolina
James Northcross, of Virginia.
James Nowlan, of Ireland
George Pagan, of Mississippi.
Christopher Parker, of Mississippi
William Parks, of North Carolina.
Richardson Perry, of unknown origin.
Amos Pollard, of Massachusetts.
John Purdy Reynolds, of Pennsylvania.
Thomas H. Roberts, of unknown origin.
James Robertson, of Tennessee.
Isaac Robinson, of Scotland.
James M. Rose, of Virginia.
Jackson J. Rusk, of Ireland
Joseph Rutherford, of Kentucky.
Isaac Ryan, of Louisianna. — MY COUSIN, DIED ON THE NORTH WALL, I have copy of his Baptism certificate and his parents’ marriage license.
Mial Scurlock, of North Carolina.
Marcus L. Sewell, of England
Manson Shied, of Georgia.
Cleveland Kinlock Simmons, of South Carolina
Andrew H. Smith, of Tennessee.
Charles S. Smith, of Maryland.
Joshua G. Smith, of North Carolina
William H. Smith, of unknown origin.
Richard Starr, of England.
James E. Stewart, of England.
Richard L. Stockton, of Virginia.
A. Spain Summerlin, of Tennessee.
William E. Summers, of Tennessee.
William D. Sutherland, of Alabama.
Edward Taylor, of Tennessee.
George Taylor, of Tennessee.
James Taylor, of Tennessee.
William Taylor, of Tennessee.
B. Archer M. Thomas, of Kentucky.
Henry Thomas, of Germany.
Jesse G. Thompson, of Arkansas.
John W. Thomson, of North Carolina.
John M. Thruston, of Pennsylvania.
Burke Trammel, of Ireland
William Barret Travis, of South Carolina.
George W. Tumlinson, of Missouri.
James Tylee, of New York..
Asa Walker, of Tennessee.
Jacob Walker, of Tennessee.
William B. Ward, of Ireland.
Henry Warnell, of Arkansas.
Joseph G. Washington, of Tennessee.
Thomas Waters, of England
William Wells, of Georgia.
Isaac White, of Kentucky.
Robert White, of unknown origin.
Hiram J. Williamson, of Pennsylvania.
William Wills, of unknown origin.
David L. Wilson, of Scotland.
John Wilson, of Pennsylvania.
Anthony Wolfe, of England.
Claiborne Wright, of North Carolina.
Charles Zanco, of Denmark.
About 189 Texans died at the Siege of the Almo. There were only three
survivors: John, a negro slave of Colonel William B. Travis [He was the only
man to survive the Alamo] and Susanna Dickinson along with her infant child.
[She was the wife of Almeron Dickinson of Tennessee, one of the defenders of
the Alamo]. Partly to reinforce his goal of terrorizing colonists in Texas,
Santa Anna released these survivors to inform Texans of the fate of the